Another 40 people succumbed to the coronavirus in the last 24 hours according to NCOC which released its daily statistics on Monday. The number of people who tested positive stands at

NCOC said 56,414 people tested for the coronavirus of which 4,858 tested positive.

The rate of positive cases in the country is 8.61%, which is the highest positivity rate since May 17.

With the 40 deaths reported, the number of deaths has risen to 23,462 and the total number of cases has reached 1,039,965 as reported by Geo.

The number of active cases is 73,213.

According to a province-wise breakdown, the total number of cases in Sindh are 385,414, 144,848 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 357,735 in Punjab, 88,093 in Islamabad, 30,502 in Balochistan, 24,891 in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and 8,212 in Gilgit-Baltistan.